Massaging and stimulating implement



Aug. 20, 1929. H. KRAUTER 1,725,529

MASSAGING AND STIMULATING IMPLEMENT Filed May 11, 1927 ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 20, 1929.

UNITED STATES HERMANN KBAUTER, OF PHILADELP HIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

MASSAGING AND STIMULATING IMPLEMENT.

Application filed May 11, 1927. Serial No. 190,614.

My invention relates to massaging and stimulating implements, and while capable of being employed for massaging and stimulating various portions of the body it is of especial utility in massaging and beautifying the face.

The general object of my invention is to provide a novel massaging implement or device which is of simple construction which 10 is eflicient in operation, and which may be employed in the art of massaging for beautifying and improving the skin.

Another object of my invention is to provide a massaging implement or device of novel construction which comprises means for applying massage cream, medicaments and the like to the skin, and which also in eludes means for massaging the skin, which means is adapted to subject the skin to the action of partial pressure or vacuum for retaining the said implement or device in intimate contact therewith and for invigorating or stimulating the skin and the underlying portions of the flesh.

It also is an obj cet of my invention to provide a novel construction of means of the character indicated which comprises a massaging and cream or lotion-applying member adapted to be immersed in hot or cold water to heat or cool the same, whereby the said member may be employed to heat or cool the skin asmay be desired or necessary, and which also comprises means for massaging or manipulating the skin while causing the said device to adhere thereto by utilizing the effect of partial pressure or vacuum which is or may be created, in the said device. 7

V More specifically it is an object of my invention to provide a novel massaging implement or device consisting of a member of eneral Y-shape the branches of which memlier are tubular, one of the branches having a vacuum-creating means connected thereto, another of the said branches being provided with a cup-shaped element for engaging the skin and for subjecting the same to the effect of vacuum which is or may be produced therein by the said means, and the other of the said branches terminating in a globular element adapted to be employed for applying massage cream or the like to the skin and also for massaging the skin.

Without attempting to set forth in greator detail the objects and advantages of my invention I shall now proceed to a detailed description thereof wherein other objects and advantages will be set forth or will become apparent.

In order that the invention may be readily understood and its manifold practical advantages fully appreciated, reference may be had to the accompanying drawing, wherein I have illustrated several forms of construction embodying the said invention and the principle thereof. But it is to be understood that the invention is susceptible of being embodied in other forms of construction than those which are illustrated and that various changes may be made in the details of construction within the scope of the claims without departing from the said invention.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a view in perspective of a massaging and stimulating implement or device embodying the invention; 1

Fig. 2 is a View in vertical longitudinal ipetion of the implement or device shown in Fig. 3 is a view similar to that shown in Fig. 1 but showing a modified construction of the implement or device embodying the invention;

Fig. {i is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of the construction shown in Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a view in longitudinal section showing a fragmentary portion of the massaging element embodied in the construction shown in the other figures of the drawing, the said view being enlarged to show more clearly the construction thereof;

Fig. 6 is a view in longitudinal section showing a modified construction of a portion of the device including the massaging element;

Fig. 7 is a view partly in vertical section and partly in elevation of another modified construction embodying the invention; and

Fig. 8 is a view in elevation showing still another modified construction embodying the said invention.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawing, the member 1, which maybe constructed of any suitable material but preferably of glass, consists of the tubular branches 2, 3 and 4, united preferably integrally at 5. The said member may be of general Y-shape, as shown, but it is to be understood that the various branches of the said member may be arranged in such angular relation to each other as may be desired. The branch 3 is or may be slightly constricted at the point of connection thereof 'with the branches2 and 4:, as shown at 6. The branch 1- has a collar 7 formed thereon near its central portion, which collar provides shoulder 8. The branch 4 also is enlarged or bulged'between the collar 7 and the end of the said branch to provide an enlarged portion 9, which portion serves to retain the outer end of the tubular extension of the bulb 10 in engagement with the shoulder 8 after the said branch has been inserted 7 into and through the opening 11 formed in the said extension. ils a result of this construction the branch 1 is connected to the bulb 10 in fluid-tight manner.

The outer end of the branch 2 is expanded or flared to form a cup-shaped member 161- which member constitutes a massaging and cupping element. The outer edge of the member or element 14 is preferably slightly beveled, as shown in Fig. 5. It will be apparent that since the interior of the said member or element 14 is placed in communication with the interior of the bulb 10 through the tubular branches 2 and 1, a condition of partial pressure or vacuum may be produced in the said element by depressing or collapsing the bulb and subsequently permitting the same to expand. Consequently when the edge of the cupping ele ment let is placed in contact with the skin the portion of the skin within or inside the line of contact is or may be drawn partially into and retained in the said element by the effect of the vacuum which is or may be produced therein. lVhile the device is thus in adhering relation to the skin it may be i moved over the skin with a circular or other massaging movement, as will be understood. By repeating this treatment from time to time the circulation of the blood will be greatly stimulated, consequently improving the appearance and condition of the skin and 0f the underlying portions of the flesh.

The branch 3 of the member 1 is enlarged at its outer end to form the hollow globular 7 member or head 12 having a spherical. or a The head 12 may be immersed in hot or cold water to heat or cool the same, whereupon it may be applied to the skin for heating or cooling the same as may become necessary or desirable.

My novel massaging implement is particularly constructed for use in carrying out a novel method of massaging the skin invented by me. The said device is employed and operated as follows: The massaging head or bulb 12 is immersed in hot water or other suitable heating medium to heat the same to high temperature whereupon thesaid massaging head is employed for applying a massage cream or ointment to the skin. By reason .of the fact that the said massaging head is heated, the massage cream or ointment becomes more or less fluid and by manipulating the said head with massaging movements the said cream is caused to enter the pores of the skin which are caused to open by the heat imparted thereto by the said head. Such massaging of the skin with the massaging head causes the skin to become softened and pliable and also tends to loosen and dislodge foreign matter and follicles which may be present therein or thereon. Upon completion of the application of the massage cream or ointment to the skin the latter is thereupon subjected to the vacuum effect which is or may be created in the cupping element 14 in. the manner described hereinbefore, and the skin is massaged by moving the device thereover with the cupping element in contact therewith, as will be understood. As a result of this treatment the massage cream or ointment, together with impurities and foreign matter which are or may be occluded therein, are removed from the skin, thereby cleansing the latter. Such treatment also tends to stimulate the circulation of the blood and to improve generally the condition and appearance of the skin.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that the massaging head and cupping element are indispensable to each other in carrying out the novel method invented by me.

Subsequent to the treatment of the skin as described hereinbefore the massaging head 12 may be immersed in cold water or in any other suitable cooling medium and the skin massaged therewith to cause thepores of the skin to close and to stimulate further the circulation of the blood. However, this treatment may or may not be performed, as desired.

In the construction illustrated in Figs; 3 and 4 the member 1, which preferably consists of glassbut which may be constructed of any other suitable material, comprises the branches 2, 3 and et which may be arranged in general inverted Y-shape, as

shown. The branch 3 which corresponds to Figs. 1 and 2, consists of a pair of parallel tubular members 15 to the inner ends of which the branches 2 and 4 are connected, preferably integrally, and to the outer ends of which the hollow spherical head 12 is connected. This head provides a spherical face 13 and the said head is adapted to be used in the same manner as the head 12 of the construction hereinbefore described. The members 15 are connected at their lowermost parallel portions by means of a web 16. The branch 4 is provided with a collar 7 located near the central portion thereof and with the collar 9 which is located intermediate the collar 7 and the outer end 17 of the said branch. These collars serve to maintain a fluid-tight joint between the branch 4 and the bulb 10" whichv is connected thereto. The use and operation of the device which has just been described will be apparent from the description of the use and operation of the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

In order to massage portions of the body other than the face, a relatively large cupping element 14 which preferably consists of glass, is or may be connected to the cupping elements 14 or 14 by means of a short rubber tube 14 (Fig. 6). The element 14" is or may be connected to the said tube by inserting the nipple or extension 14 provided on the said element into the opening formed in the said tube. The nipple 14 is provided on its exterior with a swelled or enlarged portion, as indicated at 1 1, which serves to retain the cupping element 1 1 'and tube 14 in engagement with each other. The outer end of the tube 14 is or may be inserted into the open end of the cupping element 14 or 1 1, as is clearly indicated in the draw ing.

In the modified form of construction shown in Fig. 7 the compressible bulb 10 is connected to the tubular member 3 which member terminates in the massaging cupping element 14: and may be bent as shown. To the opposite end of the said bulb is attached the head 13 (which may be employed as a massaging element) having a spherical surface and provided with a stem 13' which stem terminates in a. knob or head 13 which is received by and retained in an opening or socket 13 formed in the projection provided on the lower end of the said bulb 10. As will be understood, the massaging head 13 and the cupping element 1 1 in which a vacuum is or may be created by means of the bulb 10, are adapted to be employed in iden tically the same manner as the corresponding members of the construction illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2.

In the construction shown in Fig. 8 the massaging head 9 having a spherical or rounded surface formed thereon is provided with a stem 9 connected to an outwardly extending branch or nipple formed on the bulb 10. The said head and the stem formed thereon may be hollow or solid, as desired, and may be constructed of any suit? able material but preferably of glass. The massaging and cupping element 9 formed on the outer end of the tubular portion or member 9 also is connected to the bulb 1U in diverging angular relation to the massaging head 9*, as is clearly shown in the drawing. The use and operation of this form of the device will be apparent from the foregoing description of the device shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

It will be understood that either of the massaging and cupping elements 1 1 or 9 of the devices shown in Figs. 7 and 8 may be provided with the relatively large cupping element 14 of Fig. 6 or that the said elements may be constructed of any size as may be desired or necessary.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A massaging and stimulating device comprising a member of general Y-shape, two of the branches of which member are .tubular, a cupping element connected to one of the said tubular branches, means provided on the other of the said tubular branches for producing a vacuum in said cupping element, and the other branch of the said member terminating in a massaging head having a convex surface formed thereon.

2. A massaging and stimulating device comprising a member of general Y-shape, two of the branches of which member are tubular, a cupping element connected to one of said tubular branches, means provided on the other of said tubular branches for producing a vacuum in said cupping element, and the other branch of the said member terminating in a massaging head which head is adapted to be immersed in hot or cold water to heat or cool the same whereby the said head may be employed for heating or cooling the skin.

3. A massaging and stimulating device comprising a member of general Y-shape the branches of which member are tubular, one of said branches terminating in a cupping element, another of said branches being provided with a bulb for creating a vacuum in the said element and the other of said branches being enlarged at the outer end thereof to provide a massaging head, which head is adapted to be immersed in hot or cold water to heat or cool the same to thereby enable the said head to be employed for heating or cooling the skin.

4. A massaging and stimulating device comprising a member of general Y-shape the branches of which member are tubular, one of said branches terminating in a cupping element, another of said branches being provided with means for creating a vacuum.

and the other of said branches consisting of ment through the interior of the said masa plurality of tubular members connected at saging head and the branches connected l0 their outer ends to a hollow massaging head thereto whereby a vacuum may be produced which is adapted to be immersed in hot or in the said cupping element.

cold water to heat or cool the same whereby In testimony whereof he aflixes his signait may be employed for heating or cooling ture.

the skin, the said Vacuum-creating means communicating with the said cupping ele- DR, HERMANN KRAUTER. 

